Hay-loader.



' M. GRIFFITHS.

HAY LOADER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

.ing the 1 1s a suitable vertical rectangular frame 6 v MESHACE GRIFFITHS, 0F DANA, CALIFOBQTIA.

HAY-roams.

' hpcclflcation 01' Letters Patent.

Application ma m 1a, 1911. Sel'hl'lo. oaaaao.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Masmorr Gmrrrrns, a citizen of the United States, residin at Dana, in the county of Shasta, State .of alifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Loaders; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference bein had to the accompanying draw- -1ngs, an

to the characters of reference marked thereon, which forma part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in hay loaders for loading hay from the shock into the wagon, the object of the invention bein to roduce such a loader as will readily, quickly and effectively pick the hay from the shock and deliver it lnto the wagon without the necessity of stopping the loader and backing it or otherwise loslng time, as is the case of so many of the present commonly used ha loaders.

A further 0 ject of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative'arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a driving wheel and lifting drum. Fig. 3

' is an end view. of the lifting drum. Fig. 4

is a fragmentary view of a hay rack operat- 1n means.

ferring now moreparticularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, I

'first provide a main rectangular frame 1 mounted on wheels 2 and 3 and having a rearwardly projecting tongue 4 mounted on a guide wheel 5, the horse for driving the rig bein hitched to the tongue 4 and drivame 1 in front of it. On the frame supported by obli ue beams 7.

The numeral 8 esignates bars hinged to the frames 6 as at 9 and projectin normally parallel with and along the top 0 the frame 1 and having downwardly projecting ends 10 carrying projectin arms 11 supporting a hay rack or buck 12 aving inner andglear guard teeth 13. This rack or buokt1421-[nests normally ona triangular frame 14ipivo'tedto the frame 1 and havin m sizp'porting spring 15 which allows the mine 12 certain flexibility in moving over the uneven surfaces of the earth.

The wheel 3 has tractive members 16 said wheel to drive around with the forward movement of the frame 1, and on the shaft Pateiltefl ease 3.1w-

3' of said wheel 3 is loosely mounted a'driving drum 17, having asubstantially spiral groove 18 in its face, there being fixed to said shaft 3" a clutch 19 adapted to be thrown into engagement with said drum by meansof a lever 20 connected by a lever 21 with a bell crank 22 driven by a link 23 from a foot orhand lever 24 within reach of the driver of the ha loader. T

In practice, t e rack 12 is driven under the shock of hay or straw, the guard teeth 13 holding the hay in position on said'rack,

.and then the clutch 19 is connected with the drum 17, as described, causing said drum to rotate and wind up a cable 25 connected upward and by reason of the spiral groove 18 it is started slowly at first as 1s necessary, and as it reaches the oint where it is at an angle, and the hay is liable to slide off, it is carried much more quickly and the hay deposited upon a flat inclined platform 29, held on the top of the frame 26. I

At the upper edge of the platform 29 is a hay rack consistlng of teeth 30 and 31 disposed obliquely with res ect to each other, the teeth 30 normall downwardly, as shown, until the teeth 13 engage therebetween, and just as this occurs, the rack 12 strikes a bell crank 32 which y projecting operates a link 33 which drives the teeth 30 on the side toward the chute 29 and the greater portion of the same falls off by avity upon said chute. The purpose o the members 30 is to sweep the small amount re- 1 maining onto the slide in orderto clear the member 12 of its complete loa each time. s

From. the foregoing description it will readily appear that I have. reduced such a device as substantially 111 5 the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this s ecification sets forth in detail the present an preferred construction of the device, stillin practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire'to secure by Letters Patent is v A device of the character described comresume MESHACH GRIFFITHS. I

- Witnesses:

Josmm B. Wnnsrnn, FRANK H. j CARTE pris 

